Welcome back to GLOBAL MUSEUM, your award-winning & free webzine compendium, read weekly by 7,400 readers in more than 176 countries. *** "As far as I am concerned it is the best source for museum professionals in search of employment " *** Free Online subscription. http://www.globalmuseum.org The international headlines (FOR THE FULL STORY VISIT THE WEBZINE at this address http://www.globalmuseum.org and click on the NEWS button) in this week's edition include: ** Museum Director helps nab the bad guys When dogs began to sniff and signal that something else was afoot, the packages revealed more quizzical evidence: Clinging to some of the artefacts was human hair ** Dublin sends gold map home Down Under - 143 years late Formed from colour prints of engraved copper plates, the map of Victoria dates from the era when the gold-rush state was the country's richest and most populous colony ** Shipwreck may hold key to Turks and Caicos' lineage A pair of glass-eyed idols led marine archaeologists to the wreck of a Spanish ship that once carried an illegal cargo of African slaves believed to be the ancestors of many of today's inhabitants of the British colony of Turks and Caicos ** Pumpkin drop at NY museum draws smashing crowd Several hundred rotting pumpkins - and a few miscellaneous gourds - were dropped over about 20 feet to ground at the Cradle of Aviation Museum ** Researchers find oldest-ever stash of marijuana The cache of cannabis is about 2,700 years old and was clearly "cultivated for psychoactive purposes," rather than as fibre for clothing or as food ________________________________________________________________ **** HAPPY TRAVELLERS - BEST FARES & DEALS FOR 2008 & 2009! **** MUSEUM-TRAVELLER.COM - Global Museum's Travel Service For Business and Pleasure - the leading provider of online museum travel, established in 1998. 40,000 in over 8,000 cities worldwide. 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Provider is a member of I.A.T.A. ________________________________________________________________ ** A rare glimpse into a forgotten Hindu world Not even specialized scholars had set eyes on the 60 works from the Marwar area, now part of the state of Rajasthan, that are preserved in the Mehrangarh Museum in the Fort of Jodhpur ** Looted Matisse goes to UK charity A painting by Henri Matisse, which was stolen from a German Jewish family by the Nazis, is to be given to a British charity ** Musical swan is back on display An 18th century musical silver swan, which has taken three months to restore, is back in operation at the Bowes Museum in County Durham ** Cardinal asks gallery for artwork The Archbishop of Westminster has urged the National Gallery to give up a Renaissance masterpiece, calling it "a work of faith" rather than art ** City mummy inspires imaginations There were others at the unwrapping, including a linen manufacturer who wanted to see what type of linen could last for thousands of years ** Titanic museum gets go-ahead in Belfast The museum will be in Belfast, on the site of the shipyard where the ship - which sank in 1912 after hitting an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean, killing some 1,500 passengers and crew - was built nearly 100 years ago ** Museum, Russian church dispute moving icon A Moscow museum refused a request by the Russian Orthodox Church to allow a historic icon to be moved to a monastery 50 miles away for a religious celebration ________________________________________________________________________ GROWING FAST! 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Smithsonian hawks know that in many cases within the recent history of the Smithsonian Institution, it has been public support - and the strings that come attached - that have led to programming frustrations ** Doha museum stakes cultural claim A few years ago, prices in London auction houses went through the roof - not for the classic modern or contemporary art, but for works from the Islamic worlds ** Cheeseburgers Get Into the Mix in the Italian Debate on Museums The deepest concern in art circles centres on the government's apparent shift from a constitutional mandate to protect Italy's cultural heritage toward an entrepreneurial model that exploits it ** Endowment Drying Up, a Museum Seeks Help The museum's troubles and its search for a rescuer come as museums around the country are tightening their belts because of the global financial downturn ** Global Exchange, Early Version Only the Met has the resources to pull off such projects, which depend as much on diplomatic clout as on cash, and which always carry the risk that long-made plans will capsize on the shifting tides of international politics. ** Remarkable Invention Saves Australia from the Cane Toad A bushie's amazingly simple and uncomplicated invention is being credited with rescuing Australia from the Cane Toad swarm ** Zoo pulls Creation Museum promotion Most of the protests echoed the same theme: the Creation Museum promotes a religious point of view that conflicts with the zoo's scientific mission ** Online Advent Calendar & E-Cards National Museums Liverpool is also celebrating Christmas virtually with an online advent calendar ** Half a Century of Track Racing Motor Sport Goes on Display Three New Exhibits for Brooklands Museum ** Media in Transition 6: stone and papyrus, storage and transmission International Conference All this and more for you at Global Museum - See the latest museum JOBS, BOOKSHOP, RESOURCES, PODCASTS, HOT JOB TIPS, great people posting their RESUMES, FORUM, Cheap and reliable WORLD TRAVEL, Social Networking, Museum Online Document Store, Podcasts, Museum Accredited Courses, Products & Services. http://www.globalmuseum.org First published on the Web in 1998 and going strong! 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